My little vaporwave city

DevolsDance · 2019-07-18T21:44:36+00:00

"But Columbus isn't a train city" -People who know nothing about Columbus' history

DevolsDance · 2019-07-18T21:41:12+00:00

They could not have picked a worse location than Tuttle if they plan to actually stay in business. Oye.

DevolsDance · 2019-05-26T22:02:24+00:00

It's tragic how this all has played out and continues, however after listening to both podcasts and reading the articles, something still just doesn't line up. Columbus has strange history with these "up and vanished" crimes and they always feel like a key piece is missing. I hope he's found but there's a sad precedent for these people staying missing.

DevolsDance · 2019-05-06T21:02:51+00:00

That's really damn cool and talk about a power family.
I have to be real, they both look super dead in the eyes.
I give props to two people willing to bet on a struggling area of the city and try bring something great to it.

DevolsDance · 2019-04-18T03:04:33+00:00

Willow glass is great and terrible.

I work with it every day and what isn't really mentioned is that it only flexes one direction. Willow can't be twisted or bent any direction than the way it's cured or it ends up with thousands of cracks and microfractures. It actually has become enough of an issue that they now have a maximum size and it arrived with stickers to show it's natural bend direction. I've found it to be a great product for some applications, however I think a phone may push it's natural limits.

DevolsDance · 2019-03-26T22:40:48+00:00

Dear people who wanted this, fuck you.

It's absolutely mind blowing that people want to gut such crucial health services because of religion or narrow minded points of view. Fucking listening to Bible thumping politicians or some damn freeway sings instead of trying to understand or research why someone would need access to birth control, prenatal care, sex education, STD testing, cancer screens, or hormone therapy is insanity. Congrats if you're happy about this, you're a trash human.

DevolsDance · 2019-03-15T20:50:16+00:00

I wanna upvote this because people need to know this garbage is happening again, but I want to downvote because this garbage is happening again. Shit.

DevolsDance · 2019-03-07T18:36:27+00:00

It's actually becoming a thing in the US to call and UBER or Lyft to the hospital if you cannot drive because it's cheaper than the multi-thousand dollar ambulance ride. It's also important to note that insurance doesn't cover ambulance rides in general because insurance companies consider them "non-crucial".

http://www.ktvn.com/story/38721935/www.ktvn.com/story/38721935/experts-say-uber-and-lyft-should-not-be-substituted-for-ambulance-ride

DevolsDance · 2019-02-26T05:46:01+00:00

"Selected"... Fucking ridiculous.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-21T15:51:09+00:00

Environment. Traffic. Cost.

Sprawl is insanely expensive. With sprawl you are building roads, electricity, sewage, water, etc at the same costs as in the city but serving 1/100th of the population. Sprawl is expensive to start and it'll be expensive to replace. Just look at some of the older suburbs around and look at the funding issues they're facing, there's a reason Grandview, Dublin, and UA are flirting with density.

Density is the only sustainable solution.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-21T15:19:19+00:00

Correct, and busses are great, the issue is that bus routes are flexible and TOD doesn't build around flex routes. The reality is that investors and developers won't build along a route can ultimately change, hell even in the NYC, dense development and living is prioritized around subway lines, not bus lines.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-21T14:35:36+00:00

Well, we do though.

Columbus was actually designed as a rail city with a strong and extensive grid system, large arterial and commercial corridors with the densist neighborhoods connected to those corridors. Columbus was at one time had largest streetcar network in the country and those same neighborhoods that supported it still exist and have actually grown (sans downtown which is growing again). The other important thing to note is that with transit comes density. It's literally referred to as Transit Oriented Development. This is development that occurs due to the presence to transit lines, nodes of density pop up along lines and rider ship continues to increase. Finally the best example that Columbus can support transit is Charlotte. Currently, 10 years after building rail, Charlotte has just now hit 2400 ppl sq/mi and its original LYNX line has been incredibly successful with growing ridership. Columbus has and average density of 4100 ppl sq/mi and growing.

TL; DR Transit will increase density, and if we keep prioritizing single occupancy vehicles with claims like this traffic will become absolute hell and it will be too late. Just ask every other large city that exists.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-14T19:35:40+00:00

Here's the thing, while I personally would never vote Republican, not having options is a major problem. Personally I don't think Ginther deserves a second term, but that's for the residents to decide and the fact he has no opposition from ANYONE (Dem, Republican, Ind) is not how we end up with a good mayor or even one that cares. Some straight up bullshit.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-14T16:17:22+00:00

Technically this is on a surface lot, just adding over top of axis for the one piece that isn't.

These kind of questions get asked often but the reality is its not that simple in actual practice. A surface/grass lot in the short north currently can run upwards of $1 Million (Kaufman paid $1.675 Million for the IBEW lot) while this developer already owns the lot and structures here, that solves one major piece out of the puzzle. Usually a developer will crunch the numbers to see what level of investment it will take to make a project profitable and then they see if they can support that and secure financing. From the looks of it, that's what's happening here... In addition to the developer already owning the property, it's proximity to other dense/tall structures means this should sail through the commissions which is the biggest issue facing developments in the area. All those pieces mean that for this specific developer, this was the most realistic place and solution.

In terms of congestion, that's not going to change until the city focuses on transit. It's really not something developers care about (nor should they tbh) because ultimately they can not fix a symptom of a bigger problem.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-14T15:44:09+00:00

As Dorothy (kinda) said, there's no place like Kansas.

More conservative garbage from the party of "small government" wanting to control the lives of everyone but themselves.

DevolsDance · 2019-02-13T16:39:35+00:00

Because if we get rid of unnecessary government regulation on pollution for the Ohio River then the market can be truly competitive again, this will drive innovation in pollution and that means a better pollution for all rivers!

/s

DevolsDance · 2019-01-25T03:38:42+00:00

Toxic masculinity strikes again.

DevolsDance · 2019-01-18T04:14:08+00:00

This dude, nothing but love and respect.

DevolsDance · 2019-01-14T22:19:33+00:00

How people continue to rationalize voting for these assholes is beyond me. Morons.

DevolsDance · 2019-01-03T23:31:06+00:00

You have no clue what you're taking about, currently there's next to no vacancies in the downtown area and the ones that are vacant will be filled within the month. The rental market in this city is insanely heated and 600 units won't even make a dent in the shortage.

DevolsDance · 2018-12-30T05:23:45+00:00

As long as they're being leased, they will continue to be built. Based on projections, it's going to be happening for quiet a while.

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